Right ventricular global strain and right ventricular dyssynchrony can predict success to pulmonary vasodilators therapy in PH patients

B. Lamia, L.C. Molano, C. Viacroze, A. Cuvelier, J.F. Muir (Rouen, France)

Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Pulmonary circulation: clinical diagnosis, treatment, end-points and animal models
Session: Pulmonary circulation: clinical diagnosis, treatment, end-points and animal models
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 973
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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